The Offside 100: 2000-09, THE RESULTS!
By: Rob |
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Last week, I asked you to vote for you favourite 20 players of the decade, here in this very post, are the Top 100 players of the last 10 years, voted for by you, the readers and bloggers of the offside.
First thing I want to say is thank you, everyone for the absolutely amazing response [...]
Category: World Football
Tags: Anelka, Ballack, Barcelona, Beckham, Buffon, C-Ron, Cafu, Champions League, Chelsea, Del Piero, Fabregas, Forlan, Gattuso, Giggs, Gourcuff, Iniesta, Inzaghi, Juventus, Kaka, Keane, LA Gaaxy, Lampard, Legends, List Offside 100, Makelele, Man United, Marta, Messi, Milan, Mutu, Nesta, Owen, Real Madrid, Ribery, Robben, Roma, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Rooney, Scholes, Seedorf, Shevchenko, Top 100, Totti, World Football, Xavi, zidane, ZolaAdidas XI vs Nike XI: Which Brand Has the Best Football Team?
By: Daryl | 33 Comments
Battle of the Brands
In the world of soccer sponsorhip, there are two big boys: Adidas and Nike. Adidas sponsors footballers like Leo Messi and Ricky Kaká, Nike sponsors footballers like Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimović. Neither are particularly shy when it comes to telling us about this. In fact, after spending millions on getting the players [...]
Category: World FootballDaily Dose: October 21st, 2009.
By: chris | No Comments
Liverpool weren’t the only ones who stumbled at Anfield last night. (Watch the whistle blower.)
The five best central mids in the world. (SoccerLens)
Fox Soccer nabs EPL rights once again. (EPL Talk)
Kaka likes what’s in Clarence Seedorf’s pants. (Dirty Tackle)
Juan Roman Riquelme swings by TO. (Boca Juniors Offside)
What’s in a German name? (ESPN)
Break out your [...]
Category: Daily DoseThe FFT100 – Agree? Disagree?
By: Rob | 50 Comments
Esteemed Football magazine FourFourTwo has released its latest issue, for me the most exciting one of the year, the one that contains the countdown of the 100 Best Players in The World, according to them.
This is the third year that they’ve run the list, Kaká and C-Ron being the previous winners. Below I’ve give [...]
Category: World Football Tags: Akinfeev, Arsenal, Arshavin, Barca, Barcelona, Casillas, Chelsea, De Rossi, Drogba, Eto'o, Gerrard, Giggs, Gomez, Ibrahimovic, Iniesta, Inter, Juventus, Kaka, Lampard, Liverpool, Man City, Man United, Messi, Milan, Pepe, Pique, Puyol, Real Madrid, Rio Ferdinabd, Robben, Roma, Ronaldo, Sevilla, Tevez, Totti, Valenica, Van Nisto, Villa, World Football, XaviSascha Burchert Learns Not From His Mistakes
By: chris | 3 Comments
How cruel to watch the disaster that is this year’s edition of Hertha Berlin whilst another train crashes into the wreckage. Cruel, but necessary.
The heroic climb of the boys from the capital up last year’s table was a source of much awe; almost as much awe as the current state of affairs this year. Bottom [...]
Soundoff: Which Current (or Recently Retired) Footballers are Future Legends?
By: Daryl | 53 Comments
This is a tough question, and it requires a few generalizations. But here we go:
There is a top tier of soccer players. No one’s 100% sure exactly who’s in there or where the cutoff is. But it features the likes of Pelé, Diego Maradona, Johann Cruyff, George Best, Ferenc Puskás, Eusébio, Garrincha (pictured), Alfredo di [...]
Category: World FootballAdidas Draws Up A Dark New Ad Campaign
By: chris | 6 Comments
[101 Great Goals]
After Nike took Patrice Evra on a foray into the meshed worlds of his past and 1980’s video games, we get another show of the unreal from not at all competitors adidas and a French friend. Zinedine Zidane once again makes an appearance in the triple stripes, but this time it’s an illustrated [...]
Category: World FootballThe Three Amigos: Money Well Spent.
By: chris | 2 Comments
Normally, a massive transfer fee is a good omen for future. Big money means big abilities and this usually translates well. However, this is not always the case – Andriy Shevchenko says hi – and even if the money does ring true, it doesn’t always happen right from the start. But when you put [...]
It’s Fantasy Footballing Time!
By: Rob | 5 Comments
The Champions League returns on Tuesday, which means two things. First, we get the treat of seeing the Serie A Champions, pitted against the La Liga Champions (in week one!) Second, you get to pit your wits against each other (and us) as I launch The Champions League Offside Fantasy Football League.
UEFA.com is where [...]
Category: Champions LeaguePace Is King & Arjen Robben Is Most Regal.
By: chris | 8 Comments
It’s so easy to cherry pick the day after such a barnstorming debut (two goals), but we might be able to make a case as Arjen Robben, not one of his ever so brief Galactico 2.0 teammates, for “a mere €25m” as the transfer of the summer.
First of all, I think we’re all in the [...]
Category: World Football Tags: Arjen Robben, Bayern Munich, Cristiano Ronaldo, Franck Ribery, Kaka, Real Madrid, World FootballShould They Stay Or Should They Go?
By: Rob | 23 Comments
So after all the hoo-ha about Eduardo’s stumble and fall, this weekend bought up a few more similar incidents (inevitably) that made me question the keeper’s role in all this. I mean, although Eduardo clearly dived, he wouldn’t have had the chance had Boruc stayed up on his feet, made himself big and stopped any [...]
Inter give Milan a massive wake up call
By: Rob | 8 Comments
Inter recorded one of their best ever derby day wins against rivals Milan today, as they waltzed to a 4-0 victory. Most of the pre-match build up had been about how Milan could get something, after their good opening day of the season, and Inter’s disappointing opening day draw to Bari. But there was only [...]
Tags: 4-0, Derby, Gattuso, Inter, Kaka, Leonardo, Maldini, Milan, Milito, Mourinho, Nesta, Pirlo, Real Madrid, Ronaldinho, Serie A, Stankovic, Thiago Motta, World FootballDaily Dose: August 20th, 2009.
By: chris | 1 Comment
Stuff to read while you watch Kaka praise Jesus and fist-pump the pk for 5-0 in a friendly…..
Cesc to Barcelona: mark it down (eventually). (Fanhouse UK)
The Bojan conundrum. (Soccer Training Info)
Another South American club does the attractive female kit presentation thing. (Football Fashion)
Jack Wilshere’s girlfriend gets death threat via pre-pubescent girl on internet. (The Spoiler)
Atletic [...]
Category: Daily DoseDaily Dose: August 18th, 2009.
By: chris | No Comments
Stuff to read while you watch Robbie Fowler run out the ol’ handstand-to-kick-in-the-face move…..
Sad news: this is Mad Jens’ retirement tour. (Deutsche Welle)
The quotes of the Spanish summer. (La Liga Loca)
How Cristiano & Kaka are spending that Real cash. (The Spoiler)
Who’s your man in the middle: Xabi or Xavi? (Soccer Training Info)
Spurs fans could be [...]
Category: Daily DoseKaka Needs A Kid Leash
By: chris | 9 Comments
Kaka’s a pretty big deal. A really big deal, in fact. Somewhere in the top 25 most recognizable athletes in the world, or thereabouts (a listing which someone has probably compiled somewhere with zero evidence to back it up).
So you’d expect someone – Dunga, or even one of Florentino’s minions – would be keeping [...]
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